Midwives and nurses now able to prescribe medical abortion drugs
Queensland Minister for Health Shannon Fentiman says the measure will improve access to terminations for rural women.
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Queensland has become the first state to allow midwives and nurses to prescribe the pregnancy termination medication MS-2 Step.
The state’s parliament passed laws on Thursday, providing access to specialised training to health practitioners wishing to prescribe or supply MS-2 Step (mifepristone and misoprostol) to a pregnant woman up to nine weeks’ gestation.